Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster

The Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster (RTCC) accelerates growth and leadership of the cleantech economy, leveraging the unique concentration of industry, academic, and government leaders in the Research Triangle to create benefits through innovation, deployment, and talent in the region, North Carolina, and beyond. • Business Development and Collaboration - We serve as a connector, facilitating meaningful relationships between organizations, among individuals, and between our members and opportunities to accelerate cleantech innovation and deployment. • Innovation - We advance the development of new technologies and facilitate partnerships that lead to innovative cleantech deployments. • Education and Talent - We serve as the authority on cleantech in the region and state, educate stakeholders on deploying cleantech in their communities, and connect companies with the talent they need. RTCC supports a diverse and growing network of members, sponsors, and partners that enable RTCC to deliver on its vision to create sustainable communities through cleantech innovation and adoption. We welcome all innovators and leaders who make up the cleantech ecosystem while focusing on three key technology areas that target solutions that will transform the economy and create jobs. • Clean Energy Systems - Carbon-free power generation and transmission, grid modernization, battery storage, microgrids, carbon capture and storage, system security, emerging technologies • Smart Utility Technologies - Technologies that promote the efficient use of resources, digitization, communications, cloud computing, data analytics and management, AI, machine learning, cybersecurity • Clean Transportation - Electrification of vehicles, fleet conversion, retirement of internal combustion engines, low- or no-carbon energy generation for vehicle charging, battery and fuel cell technologies, charging infrastructure RTCC actively pursues transformation through collaboration.